Tiffany Goes to Tibet

[Tiffany]

Yes, it's true folks, I'm once more on the road (having been spotted by fellow HUBBers in various exotic locations) and I'm in the extremely enviable position of being paid for it! With the added bonus of the dream destination of Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet.
It's fourteen years since I set off on my first bike trip and as I've crossed every continent since then, many of them twice, my experience is being put to the test in a job that I see as being a holiday rep with atitude riding a kick ass bike.
We set off at the end of April and we're currently in Tajikistan, there are three of us in the support team - two bikes and a mechanic in the van. Our group are great and are a veritable United Nations with riders from the States, Sweden, Switzerland, Britain and also the honeymooning Aussies!


As you can see, Thelma (my BMW R80GS) isn't coming along on this journey, as I've been given a company bike to ride, a 2009 1200GS nicknamed Beryl. I've also gone a bit bike-riding mad and I'm wearing proper motocross boots for the first time. What people don't realise is that they cunningly have platform soles, so that those of us who are a bit more vertically challenged aren't having to stretch quite so far to reach the ground.

It wasn't all sun on the first day


But it did brighten up



This journey is completey different in so many ways to how I usually travel - which is solo and with unlimited time. We're on a schedule and we're a group, although everyone rides their own ride each day, whether it's solo, in a pair or in a small group.

I'm like a Mother Hen, making sure that everyone is accounted for and arrives at each day's hotel safely.

[mika]

Hi Tiff,

yes this is going to be a different trip for you, I hope you like it. I wish you all the best ... pls keep us posted here at the HUBB.

Saludos de Salta Argentina
Mika

[Chris of Japan]

Poor Thelma had to stay home?!
How unfair!
I am sure she wanted to cruise Tibet.

Chris

[Mick O'Malley]

Envious? I should say! Great as I'm sure it's going to be, the Adventure Travel Film Festival will be a poor substitute.

Suerte, Mick

[ssa2]

Ii hope to catch up to you as I plan on comeing to Kathmandu very very soon. I just need about 2 million things in my life to straighten out in the next week and I will be off. Planning on renting a bike there. Would love to stay in email contact with you if you want.

[dlh62c]

You Go Girl!

While I've ridden at night in the rain many times, nothing scares me more than riding in a group....go figure!

Ride Safe Tiffany!
daryl

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by Chris in Tokyo

Poor Thelma had to stay home?!
How unfair!
I am sure she wanted to cruise Tibet.

Chris

Chris, Thelma would have loved this trip, especially as there are other bikes to ride with. However she's hardly suffering, she's waiting for me in Mexico, yes she's still on an extended leave of absence since I left her there six months ago on the way home from your house. I was supposed to go back and get her, but this job came up and I wasn't going to say no!

[Tiffany]

This is going to be a quick summary of 6,000 miles of riding, because as I suspected, I haven't had much chance to keep you guys posted here or even to email home much!
It's been an amazing trip so far, everyone has had an off, including me and naturally mine was the only fall captured on video camera, and not just one camera either! so look out for that one on youtube in the near future when I get the guys to download it. It was a particularly pathetic drop as well.

Europe, Turkey

working hard



I get a friend


Doggy Biscuit


Iran
Chador at the ready



Turkmenistan



Desert Camping



THAT flaming crater...just amazing, thanks to Majurk and his MotoSyberia DVD I've been wanting to go there for three years and finally I made it (last time I was denied a visa)




I've managed to bump into a few HUBBers as well- hello to you guys, especially Henry (?) and Zebb.

[Kayjay]

Originally Posted by Tiffany

Yes, it's true folks, I'm once more on the road (having been spotted by fellow HUBBers in various exotic locations) and I'm in the extremely enviable position of being paid for it! With the added bonus of the dream destination of Mount Everest Base Camp in Tibet.
It's fourteen years since I set off on my first bike trip and as I've crossed every continent since then, many of them twice, my experience is being put to the test in a job that I see as being a holiday rep with atitude riding a kick ass bike.
We set off at the end of April and we're currently in Tajikistan, there are three of us in the support team - two bikes and a mechanic in the van. Our group are great and are a veritable United Nations with riders from the States, Sweden, Switzerland, Britain and also the honeymooning Aussies!


As you can see, Thelma (my BMW R80GS) isn't coming along on this journey, as I've been given a company bike to ride, a 2009 1200GS nicknamed Beryl. I've also gone a bit bike-riding mad and I'm wearing proper motocross boots for the first time. What people don't realise is that they cunningly have platform soles, so that those of us who are a bit more vertically challenged aren't having to stretch quite so far to reach the ground.

It wasn't all sun on the first day


But it did brighten up



This journey is completey different in so many ways to how I usually travel - which is solo and with unlimited time. We're on a schedule and we're a group, although everyone rides their own ride each day, whether it's solo, in a pair or in a small group.

I'm like a Mother Hen, making sure that everyone is accounted for and arrives at each day's hotel safely.

Hi Tiffany

Your pic at the ACE CAFE LONDON looks so great. I landed there are 76 days from India last year on my old Enfield. It always nostalgic to see pics at ACE CAFE especially to have a wonderful host like Mark Wilsmore its owner.

Would you be coming with your group to India ? Please do let me know of your plans we can definitely catch up and ride together some distance and share notes.

Cheers all the best

Kayjay - Ride your dream.

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by Kayjay

Hi Tiffany

Your pic at the ACE CAFE LONDON looks so great. I landed there are 76 days from India last year on my old Enfield. It always nostalgic to see pics at ACE CAFE especially to have a wonderful host like Mark Wilsmore its owner.

Would you be coming with your group to India ? Please do let me know of your plans we can definitely catch up and ride together some distance and share notes.

Cheers all the best

Kayjay - Ride your dream.

Hi Kayjay
Funny you should say that, but I'm just completing the write-up of my ride this year in India, and I'll be back again next year - August 2015, taking an all-female group up to Ladakh - it would be great to meet up

[Kayjay]

Missed you this year. Please let me know about Aug 2015. Will definately catch up. Make Gujarat a stop and stay with us for a few days too.

[Tiffany]

Originally Posted by Kayjay

Missed you this year. Please let me know about Aug 2015. Will definately catch up. Make Gujarat a stop and stay with us for a few days too.

It'll be the wrong time of year for visiting Gujarat, but I'll see what I can do

[Kayjay]

On the other hand will make plans to catch up with you if possible when u r in India.